muster

Example Sentences

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“He pitched well and when a guy like that pitches well you just got to do your best in battle and I feel like our guys were battling, just couldn’t muster anything up.”

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 4, 2026

One of them is unable to muster a genuine-looking smile and the other looks rightly embarrassed.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 2, 2026

It found that this requirement passed First Amendment muster because it regulated speech “only as part of the practice of medicine.”

From Slate • Mar. 31, 2026

But it certainly makes him look cowardly that he can’t even muster the fortitude to say it in public, much less to his boss’s face.

From Salon • Mar. 23, 2026

Helmuth takes a deep breath, and in the most contemptible manner he can muster, says, "Jawohl, ihr lügt."

From "The Boy Who Dared" by Susan Campbell Bartoletti